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G. BUNTN. (1l/ munSEAT.A No. 316,735. Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

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' G. BUNTLN. l CAR AND SEAT. No. 316,735,

Patenn'd Apr. 28, 1885.

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GEORGE BUNTIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. y

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,735, dated April 28, 1885.

Application tiled October 9, 1884. (No model.)

Zo all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE BUNTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, Massachusetts,have invented certain Improvements in Cars and Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists, mainly, of the cornbination,described and claimed hereinafter, of the side andiiooring of a railroad-car,with two frames and a central stand or pillarwith a double seat pivoted to the stand and having its bearings on the frame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, Sheet l, is a perspective view showing the seat and its supports detached from each other; Fig. 2, Sheet 2, a vertical section on the line l 2, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, a vertical section on the line 3 4, Fig. 2.

A in Fig. 2 represents part of the side of a car, B the door of the same, and D a central stand secured to the loor. This stand is in the present instance constructed in precisely the same manner as that described in the application for a patent led by me September 8, 1884, Serial No. 142,455. It will sufce to observe here that it is composed of a cast-iron pillar, preferably made in two parts, and a plate, I, secured to the pillar, which has an extended base, a.

The seat consists of the opposite frames E E', forming the arms, the longitudinal bars F F', rear bar, G, back H, and upholstered cushion Y, the ends of the bars F F and G being iirmly secured to the end frames, E E.

A plate, J, attached to the said bars F F of the seat-frame, rests on the plate I, forming the top of the stand, and is pivoted thereto, the pivot consisting in the first instance of a projection, t', on the plate I, which projection fits into an opening in the plate J. A set-screw, j, passes through a washer, m, which bears on the plate I and screwing into the pivot, therebysecuring the seat to the stand, but permit- Y ting it to be turned laterally thereon, as in my aforesaid application.

Two frames, W WQ which are preferably made in arcs of circles concentric with the axis of the pivot t', are secured to the licor of the car, and on the upper edges of these frames bear plates M M, secured to the under side of the longitudinal bars F F ofthe seat. On one of the frames (the frame W in this instance) is formed a pocket, p, containing a bolt, q, and a spring, t, the latter tending to force the bolt upward into an orifice which is made in b the under sideV of each of the plates M.

An arm, T, attached .to the bolt passes through a vertically elongated slot in the frame, so that the bolt can `be easily depressed when it becomes necessary to unlock the seat prior to turning it on its pivot.

The under side of the plates M M should be slightly rounded near their opposite ends, so that on turning the seat on its pivot the bolt will be depressed until one of the orifices o 6 coincides with it, when the end of the bolt will voluntarily enter the orice.

The opposite frames Wand W/ are connected together by the foot-rest bars V V', the ends of which are fitted into and are .secured to sockets in the said frames.

In my aforesaid application the centralpillar,to which the seat is pivoted,forms the sole support for the seat; and t-he present invention has been designed with the view of meet- 7 ing the views of those car-builders who prefer additional supports.

In addition to the lateral pivoting of the seat to a support the present car-seat possesses another feature in common with that described in the application, and that is the relation of the seat to the side of the car, the support for the seat being entirely clear of the side of the car-an arrangement which permits of the more ready disposal of the seats in the car, and in this respect it diiiers from laterally-pivoted seats in which the fixed supporting-frames have been secured partly to the floor and partly to the side of the car.

In the present instance the seat bears both on the two frames W W and on the plate I of the central pillar; but in carrying out my invention the seat may bear onthe frames, only the central post serving the purpose of carrying the pivot and temporarily supporting the seat when, as the latter is being turned, it is clear of the frames.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the side and door of a railroad-car with two frames, M M', and a roo central stand, D, all secured solely to the floor,

with avdouble seat pivoted to the stand and.

having its bearings on the said frames, all'substantially as set forth. 2. The combination of the car-seat frame, its plates M M and J, with the two supporting-frames W and W and the central stand, to which the said seat is pivoted, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the pivoted oarlseat frame and its plates M M, each having an oriflee, o, with the frames W W anda springbolt, q, on one of the frames7 substantially as set forth. l

In testimony Whereoflhave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE BUN TIN.

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HENRY HoWsoN, Jr., HARRY SMITH. 

